Just back from The CMP Store and here's...

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Wow nice buying spree! They look to be in great condition with some very nice wood stocks on them.
 
What I meant by "history" was is that an original GI or a reparked/new wood CMP special. It looks really nice from the picture so I'd figure is a special.

BTW those Garands look beautiful too. I was at the North store about a month ago and all they had were C's and D's and some overpriced IHC field grades.

Laphroaig
 
If possible would you say how many carbines that particular outlet had and a price range. From what I've heard any still at CMP are the better quality, more expensive ones...
 
They had quite a few. They actually had two types. The older ones like the one I purchased and new ones. The old ones cost $800 and the new ones cost $900. I was there on Thursday morning so I'm not sure if they restock each day but there were quite a few left when we left, in other words not everyone one of us early birds bought one. Some of the older ones weren't in great shape like mine.

I believe the one I purchased is actually worth a whole lot more than those they are charging $900 for.
 
That is a fair price but not a low price.
Your carbine has the type 1 barrel band but all of the other parts are later parts, so it has been through a refurb or two, like most carbines.

I am fortunate enough to own an early Inland with every type 1 feature except the high wood stock. I presume it was a bringback.

I applaud you for your shopping trip and I am a little jealous. If I lived close enough to a CMP store to visit one, I would be a much poorer man (financially, that is).
 
Please tell me more about those Garands! I've been consternating between the field and service grade. I want a nice looking, functional shooter. I plan to hand load for it, since I load 30-06 already. Are the field grade rifles trashed?
 
I am not a gun collector, and I keep forgetting to visit the Anniston store. We will be in Anniston, Sept 8 for 3 days. It is mainly to say I had been there.

NICE! Deerhu.....
 
Where did those carbines come from? Their website said they were out of stock for the longest time. I guess they went back through the parts bin and slapped a few more together. Nothing wrong with that, they are becoming a rare bird for sure.
 
I can't tell you much...I'm not an expert or anything close. I simply wanted a couple of nice Garands and to see what else they had and feel fortunate that they had the carbines. As for finding the carbines for $400 in 2010... A lot has changed since then and I don't think things are going to get cheaper. I saw a carbine at Cabelas and it was in very poor condition and they wanted $1900.00 for it and they had some Garands that thy wanted $2700.00 for. I figured there must be something about them that would justify the cost but none of the sales guys knew anything about them so....
 
Awesome additions to your collection!

I wanted to make a visit to the CMP there in Anniston, but didn't have time when we were in town a few years ago.

We did however make it to visit the Bergman Museum. A MUST SEE for any firearms/history buff! I strongly suggest a trip to see the mans collection.

http://www.bermanmuseum.org/pages/?pageID=27

Chip
 
Deerhunter: outstanding score on that IBM Carbine. The T1 band and Highwood stock are worth half of what you paid. For those that don't know, you have to be a member of CMP to buy either online or in person. You could go in and look though, maybe have a member go with you and he could buy something. A friend of mine lives in AL and called me thursday after going there that PM; he said most of the carbines were parked dark manganese and he didn't buy anything, but a friend of his bought two earlier that day similar to yours. There is a limit of two per person. I called CMP with the intent of going down this past weekend and they could not confirm if/when any more would be put out. The grapevine says they only had 1300 to begin with, having been in storage for some years, and these are shared with the North store. They won't last long.
 
ulflyer said:
For those that don't know, you have to be a member of CMP to buy either online or in person.
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It is not difficult to "join" CMP.

Ordering information:

http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/rifle_sales/ordering-information/

Eligibility requirements:

http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/rifle_sales/eligibility-requirements/

Joining the Garand Collectors Association qualifies for the affiliated club membership. They have a very nice quarterly magazine dedicated to the Garand. Worth the dues. There are many other affiliated clubs.

The list of marksmanship or other firearm related activities is quite long including LEO and military service, competition, carry permit, safety courses with live fire sections and more.

Easy peasy.
 
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